Mississippi State
NCAA Championships (O)
State's Golden Coachman And 4x400 Meter Relay Team Finish Fourth At NCAA Championship
June 09, 2007 | Track & Field
With Coachman's finish along with MSU's foursome of Arthur Davis, Bruce Davis, Nathan Daniels and Ezra Jones placement in the relay final, all five Bulldogs earned all-American status. Goldman, who spent time in Iraq with the military a couple of seasons ago, becomes the second MSU track and field athlete to earn the status of all-American in the 800-meter run. Arthur Davis also etched his name in MState's track laurels. The Mobile, Ala.-senior beame just the second MSU trackster to earn all-American honors in all four seasons in the Maroon and White. Daniels and B. Davis have garnered the honor for the second-straight season.
“We had a good meet,” said MSU head coach Al Schmidt. “ Golden's (Coachman) story is truly incedible ? to be serving in Iraq a couple of years to now earning all-American status in his first season here. We are very proud of all five individuals for being all-Americans this season. It was a good year on the men's side.”
Coachman clocked a final time of one minute, 47.96 seconds, his best time of the weekend. The men's 800-meter run had two preliminary rounds preceding the finals. The Birmingham, Ala.-product set the school record earlier in the year at the Southeastern Conference Championships in May with a mark of 1:47.40.
The time turned in by the State 4x400-meter relay team set a new season-best time with a finish of 3:03.49 which is fifth-best all-time at MSU. They finished just behind LSU and ahead of Georgia.
As a team, MSU placed 28th in the overall team standings with 10 points. With the placement, the Bulldog track squad has finished in the top-30 in six of the last seven seasons at the NCAA national meet.
